PONSE TO Y WORKFORCE GAP MEETING TRADE WORKFORCE CHALLENGES BY LEVERAGING AIPOWERED SAFETY SYSTEMS, DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGY, AND AGGRESSIVE TALENT DEVELOPMENT TO MEET THE MOMENT. On July 20, 1969, as astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took humanity’s first steps on the lunar surface, Bob Lewis watched from Earth with a vision that would shape an industry. The Apollo 11 moon landing inspired Lewis to found Orbital Engineering, Inc. (“Orbital”), naming the company after the space race that had captured the world’s imagination.“Bob was really in awe of what science and engineering made possible,” Robby Frantz, Senior Vice President of Utility Services, explains. “This event was a pretty profound moment for Bob and his interest in starting an engineering company inspired by the entire space race and all the creativity and innovation that occurred for making that happen.” The Pittsburgh-based firm began modestly in 138 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 12, ISSUE 12
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